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Re: In-service Rollover

Hi Jim,
I am in a similar situation to you. I will retire Dec of 2018 with 36 yrs of service.
Check out the new TSP withdrawal thread for related info, where I also posted.
I have felt that I would take out the bulk, if not all, of my TSP when I retire and put it in Vanguard. I already have both Traditional and Roth IRA's set up there. The one in-service withdrawal is tempting, but if you take it, your next withdrawal has to be the rest of your TSP (which can be several forms, like annuity/lump sum rollover/series of substantially equal payments, or a combination). This restriction alone is one that makes me want to take all out and go to Vanguard. But there is currently a bill in Congress to allow multiple TSP withdrawals, even multiple in-service withdrawals, much like the outside IRA's already have. So I am kinda waiting to see if that gets passed and implemented. There are some benefits to TSP, the largest of which is the low admin costs. But again, as you point out, Vanguard has some low admin cost Index Funds as well. Not to mention the way bigger array of funds or stocks or ETFs.
So I have a little more time than you, and am waiting out the legislation. But by all means, if you like the Vanguard option, and are OK with the loss of one withdrawal of the 2 allowed in TSP, go for it. I have been very happy with my Vanguard funds. And who knows....maybe the bill will sail through Congress and be implemented by TSP before you retire. Then you can have the best of both worlds!
One last note, if you take all of your TSP out after retiring, there is no going back. If you leave at least some in TSP, you can always put more in later by rolling over from your IRA to TSP, if you ever want to.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who know binary, and those that don't!!Target Retire date: December 2018.